Scholarships for local Hispanic students

STUART - The Spanish American Club, Inc. will award three scholarships to local students this year.

This year scholarship committee is composed of the following: Herman Santa, chair; Isa Bryson, Nancy Rozon and Merlissa Bonet-James, co-chairs.

The scholarship program was established in 1994 for low income Hispanic students and the club has awarded over $16,000 since its inception. More than 29 high school students have benefited from the scholarships.

The scholarships are awarded based on career interest academic achievement and other criteria such as speaking, reading and writing Spanish. Students must maintain a 3.0 grade point average (GPA), financial need and demonstrate a pattern of community service. Students from low income families are encouraged to participate.

High School seniors from Martin or St. Lucie County High School who want to learn more about our scholarship or secure an application can contact their guidance counselors before February 28, 2013.

The following students have been awarded scholarships since 1994.

Year/Name/Ethnicity/City

1994/Armando Gil/Mexico/Ft.Pierce

1995/Elisa Rodríguez/Puerto Rico/Pt. St. Lucie

1996/Jennifer Torres/Puerto Rico/Pt. St. Lucie

1997/Alfredo Rosado/Puerto Rico/Pt. St. Lucie

1998/Pedro Luna/Mexico/Ft. Pierce

1999/Ella R. Flores/Mexico/Ft. Pierce

2000/Miguel J. Gaspar/Guatemala/Indiantown

2001/Gabriela Padilla/Mexico/Indiantown

2002/Roberto Cabrera/Mexico/Ft. Pierce

2003/María A. Fernández/Venezuela/Stuart

2004/Mónica A. Herrera/Colombia/Pt. St. Lucie

2005/Viridiana Felix/Guatemala/Indiantown

2006/Jessica Benitez/Mexico/Pt. St. Lucie

2006/Miriam Hernandez/Guatemala/Indiantown

2007/Amy Perez/Guatemala/Indiantown

2007/Daisy Trujillo/Mexico/Indiantown

2007/Venessa Pelayo/Mexico/Ft Pierce

2008/Floriberta Reynoso/Mexico/Ft. Pierce

2008/Anthony Sanchez/Colombia/Ft. Pierce

2009/Tayliz J. Rodríguez/Puerto Rico/Palm City

2009/Ana G. Fuentes/Mexico/Indiantown

2010/ Marisol Gomez/Mexico/Ft. Pierce

2010/ Elba Valdez/Mexico/Stuart

2011/ Nancy Velásquez/Guatemala/Indiantown

2011/ Tatiana Muñoz/Colombia/Port St. Lucie

2011/ Adriana Rodriguez/Cuba/Port St. Lucie

2012/ Lorena Morales/ Mexico/Indiantown

2012/Vladimir Villa/Mexico/Stuart

2012/Daniel Gonzalez/Venezuela/Ft. Pierce

For more information about the scholarship, please e-mail Herman Santa at: hermansanta@comcast.net. For more details about the club visit: www.spanishamericanclubinc.org.

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